Military Legends: 5 Most Overrated Weapons of War Ever These weapons of war are "overrated" in the sense that they occupy a larger space in the defense-security conversation than...
Poland, Like Ukraine, Is in Putin's Crosshairs The threats posed by Moscow and Minsk have increased sharply in the last couple of months.
A Common Concern Veterans Aren't Talking About Men ages 55 and younger are three times more likely to report urinary incontinence if they served. One-third of younger...
What Russia Wants from a Ukraine Crisis "Putin is determined to compel Europe to revisit the spheres of influence formula, with Russia gaining a key vote on the...
The Future Of Russia's Hypersonic Weapons Program In a dramatic speech in 2018, President Vladimir Putin revealed what the Russian Federation has been working on for years.
Gillibrand's Case for Sweeping Military Justice Reform Is Built on Misperceptions and Defective Data If lawmakers hope to find evidence-based advocacy in the letter from Gillibrand and her colleagues, they will be profoundly...
Spies in the Ointment: Which Way Will FBI, CIA Swing if Trump Returns? "How would the recalcitrant former president mobilize the intelligence agencies to punish enemies and reward friends?"
Our Sacrifices Were Meaningful, But We Need Help: The Afghan Withdrawal and Veterans' Mental Health The day after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the VA shared a suicide...
A Veteran's New Mission "As many prepare for holiday celebrations, I call on my fellow veterans -- and the public -- not to forget our brothers and...
What Does Russia Want? Moscow seems to be going out of its way to keep its “near abroad” — Russian-speak for the erstwhile Soviet empire — stirred...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...